MINNEAPOLIS – ST. PAUL VISITOR COUNTS AND PROFILE Kevin Hanstad September 14, 2015
Three out of Four were from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa or the Dakotas 50% were “Daytrippers” Those that did Stay Overnight Stayed 2.3 Nights 70% Leisure and 30% Business Spent $77 per Person per Day Key Activities: Sports, Family Events, Shopping and “Social Consciousness” (Eco-Travel, Volunteerism and Religious Conferences) SUMMARY 31 Million People Visited Minneapolis-St. Paul in 2014 and Spent $7.4 Billion Average Age: 46 Average Income: $95,000 Average Number of Times Visited: 3 2
MINNEAPOLIS- ST. PAUL VISITORS (MILLIONS) 3 Source: D.K. Shifflet & Associates, Ltd.
4 MINNEAPOLIS- ST. PAUL VISITOR SPENDING (BILLIONS)
MINNEAPOLIS- ST. PAUL LEISURE VISITORS (MILLIONS) 5 Source: D.K. Shifflet & Associates, Ltd.
6 MINNEAPOLIS- ST. PAUL LEISURE VISITOR SPENDING (BILLIONS)
MEET MINNEPAOLIS GOAL: 36.8 MILLION VISITORS IN Sources: D.K. Shifflet & Associates, Ltd Meet Minneapolis
8 Source: D.K. Shifflet & Associates, Ltd Person-Stays Based, n = 1,512 GENDER
AGE 9 Source: D.K. Shifflet & Associates, Ltd Person-Stays Based, n = 1,512 Average Age 46
GENERATION 10 Source: D.K. Shifflet & Associates, Ltd Person-Stays Based, n = 1,512
SPENDING BY GENERATION 11 Source: D.K. Shifflet & Associates, Ltd Stays Based, n = 4,498
12 EXPENDITURES PER PERSON PER DAY Source: D.K. Shifflet & Associates, Ltd Person-Days Based, n = 1,448 Excluding Transportation
HOUSEHOLD INCOME 13 Source: D.K. Shifflet & Associates, Ltd Person-Stays Based, n = 1,512 Average Income $95,754
14 ETHNICITY Source: D.K. Shifflet & Associates, Ltd Person-Stays Based, n = 1,504 Multiple Responses
SEXUAL ORIENTATION 15 Source: D.K. Shifflet & Associates, Ltd Person-Stays Based, n = 1,512
16 STATE OF ORIGIN Source: D.K. Shifflet & Associates, Ltd Person-Stays Based, n = 1,509
17 Source: D.K. Shifflet & Associates, Ltd Person-Stays Based, n = 1,509 STATE OF ORIGIN Three- Quarters of Visitors are from the Five State Area
18 CITY OF ORIGIN Source: D.K. Shifflet & Associates, Ltd Person-Stays Based, n = 1,506
19 TRANSPORTATION TO MSP Source: D.K. Shifflet & Associates, Ltd Person-Stays Based, n = 1, Miles One Way on Average
20 TRAVELING PARTY Source: D.K. Shifflet & Associates, Ltd Stays Based, n = 1, Persons on Average
PURPOSE OF STAY 21 Source: D.K. Shifflet & Associates, Ltd Person-Stays Based, n = 1,512
PURPOSE OF LEISURE STAY 22 Source: D.K. Shifflet & Associates, Ltd Person-Stays Based, n = 1,074
LENGTH OF STAY 23 Source: D.K. Shifflet & Associates, Ltd Stays Based, n = 1,512 Average Among Overnight Visitors: 2.3 Nights
ACCOMMODATIONS 24 Source: D.K. Shifflet & Associates, Ltd Person-Stays Based, n = 969 Other 1%
25 ACTIVITY PARTICIPATION Source: D.K. Shifflet & Associates, Ltd Stays Based, n = 1,512
26 ACTIVITY PARTICIPATION INDEXED TO TOTAL U.S. Source: D.K. Shifflet & Associates, Ltd Stays Based, n = 1,512
NUMBER OF VISITS IN PAST THREE YEARS 27 Source: D.K. Shifflet & Associates, Ltd Person Stays Based, n = 969 Average: % Repeat Rate